Ship&#39;s anchor.



No. 7|o,825.

Patented Oct. 7,v |902. J. vemw,l ned.

W. W. WHITE, Ancillary Executor.

SHlPS ANCHOR.. (Agplzflentivrm led Feb. 24, 1902.)

2 vSheds-Sheet I.

(lio Model.)

No. 7l0,825. Patented Oct. 7,v |902.

J. VEBITY, Decd.

W. Vl. WHITEA, Ancillary Executon SHIPS ANCHOR.

(Application led Fab. 24, 1902.)

(Glo Modal.) 2SheetsSheef 2.

wmvsssss; @M

UNITED STATES PATnNT OFFICE.

VILLIANI WALLACE VHITE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ANOILLARY EXEOUTOR OF JOHNVERlTY, DEOEASED.

SHlPS ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,825, dated October7, 1902.

Application nled Pelvirnary 24,1902. Serial No. 95,262. (N model-l To@ZZ whom t may concern: edges of the ribs b on the tips o of the nukesBe it known that JOHN VERITY, who was is presented to and comes incontact with the a subject of the King of England, anda resivesselsplates at an inclination or angle, and o dent of 35 Rufford road,Fairfield, Liverpool, this surface being greater in extent or length 5in the county o f Lancaster, England, but is than the thickness of theprojecting plate now deceased, did invent a certain new and edges zr ofthe ships plating a: and at an anuseful Improved Ships Anchor, of whichthe gie, as illustrated in relation thereto, the upfollowing is aspecification. ward pull of the anchor a in the direction of 55 Thisinvention has reference to ships7 anthe arrows causes the anchor to bepressed 1o chors of the type called stookless or patoutward away fromthe plating oo when the ent anchors; and it has primarily for itsobleading edges or faces of the ribs b come ject to provide aconstruction by which ceragainst these edges, owing to the pressure oftain defects hereinafter described are obvi- .the incline against theexternal cornerool of 6o ated and also to increase its holding or antheprojecting plate edge. By this means the choring effect. tips c of theanchor-nukes o cannot get un- Drawings illustrative of the invention areder and be caught by these projecting edges annexed hereto. ce' of theplates when the anchor is hauled up.

Figure 1 is an end elevation, and Fig. 2 a The holding or anchoringeffect of the an- 65 side elevation, of a stockless or patent anchorchor is increased and improved by providing zo nuke and head portionprovided with the imthe nukes c with a vertical projecting rib orproveniente. i nange d on either side extending at right According tothis invention the extremt angles to the general plane of the nuke downties of the nukes of anchors of the kind herethe center of said nukefrom the head toward 7o in referred to are provided on each side withthe tip, where it diminishes on, as shown at a rib or plane the externalsurface of which ein the drawings. These vertical projecting extends oneither side of the nuke-tip at right ribs or flanges give the anchor atthe center angles to the general plane of the nukes. of the nuke asection somewhat in the form They are so arranged and provided that theyof a cross, as shown on the right-hand nuke 75 constitute the part orsurface of the nukeof Fig. 2. f 3o tips which will come in contact withthe ships What is claimed'in respect of the hereinside-that is, theplating-when the anchor described invention isis being weighed. In aships anchor of the kind herein re- Referring to thed1'awings,ctdesignates the ferred to, the nukes c, with heart-shaped 8ohead portion of the anchor. o represents the nuke-tips c, disposed inthe general plane of nukes, and b represents the ribs or planes saidnukes, and projecting cuneiform ribs b provided at the extremities ortips c of the on either side of the tips c', said ribs forming nukes c,on either side of same. The ribs or a nat surface at the end of thenuke-tips c' planes Z7 are disposed at right angles l to the andextending at each side at right angles to 85 general plane of the nukesand the tips o the plane of same, and tapering inward to- 4o and are ofcuneiform construction, having the ward the surface of the tip,substantially as maximum vwidth at the tip yof the nuke, and described.

they are nush with the. extreme en d of the WILLIAM VVALLAOE W'HITE,parts c', and their outer edges lie at right an- Ancillary executor ofthe estate of John gles to the plane of the parts d. Verity, deceased.

lVhen the anchor is being weighed in the Witnesses:

ordinary manner andis in contact with the OTTO MUNK,

ships side x, the surface formed by the outer CHAS. W. ALDOW.

